chapel
Other forms: chapels
A chapel is a place of worship. It's usually smaller than a church, and it has its own altar.
A chapel is a small place of worship. Chapels are Christian and are often part of a larger institution, such as a hospital or prison. Universities often have a chapel. A chapel is a place people pray and find community, or even get married. The song “Chapel of Love” was a big hit in the 1960’s. In it, The Dixie Cups sing, “going to the chapel and I’m gonna get married….”
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a place of worship that has its own altarexamples:Sistine Chapelthe private chapel of the popes in Rome; it was built by and named after Sixtus IV in 1473types:chantrya chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donorlady chapela small chapel in a church; dedicated to the Virgin Maryside chapela small chapel off the side aisle of a churchtype of:house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worshipany building where congregations gather for prayer
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a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar
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